Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,672, Jesse Dunbar, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
Continental Mass.
Dunbar, Jesse Sarah
NUMBER
W. 15.672.
CONTENTS

15538
Massachusetts
Issi Dutton
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a P. Tifer in the Company commanded by Captain Kenworthy of the Regt. commanded by Col. Larnad in the Mass line for 1 Year Service " " Musket
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 84 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of June 1835 and sent to H. H. Lord Plymouth Mills
Arrears to the 4th of Mar ch 1833 $168.00 Home-ent. allowance ending Sept r 42.00 $210.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Adams Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 a Page 17.

A.B. Dec. 11-1839
1410 Massachusetts
Sarah Munbar widow of Jesse Munbar
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 15 th January 1836 of Hymn in the State of Me. who was a Pt & Sifer in the Company commanded by Captain Mansfield of the Regt. commanded by Col. Larnaw in the Me. line for 1 year 1 year Pivate 1 year Sifer
Inscribed on the Roll of Map. a at the rate of 84 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Decr. 1838, and sent C. T. Hogg Sec. Scituate Me.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 $210.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar 39. $2.10
$252.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M. M. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 1st Page 82

This may certify, that it doth appear on the publick Records of the town of Scituate, (Book 4. folio 108.) that "Jesse Dunbar, Son of David Dunbar and Margaret his wife, was born August 20 th A. 1760."
Ebenezer Bailey, Town Clerk Scituate, (Mass.) Augt 17 th 1832-- of Scituate

State of Mass. the 27 Plymouth County 3 d
On this twenty seventh day of august eighteen hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Hon. Walker Wood Judge of Probate for said County of Plymouth. Sarah Dunbar, a resident of Situate in the County of Plymouth aged seventy eight years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7-1838. entitled, "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Josiah Dunbar of Situate aforesaid, who was a soldier in the war of the revolution, and who enlisted into Capt. Dunsfathers company about the 1 st of January 1776, and served as a s er until the thirty first day of December were stationed at Roxbury, and were attached to Col. Larnards Regiment, from thence moved to New York. we were stationed about two miles North of the city, upon the Bank of the river, and soon after the retreat of the American army from Long Island he was taken sick and removed to the Hospital at Hackmick Village in New Jersey, and there remained sick to the end of the year, when he was discharged and returned home. Again about the first of April 1778. I think it was said Dunbar enlisted into Capt. Dohans company, were attached to Col. Henry Jacksons Regiment untill about the last of September, then moved to Philadelphia and joined the army at White Marsh so called, where he served eight months, the term of his enlistment and returned home. I 1780 I think it was he served four months at Rhode Island under Capt. D. Moses Turner

and Col John Jacobs Regiment. - again in 1780 Served three months at the Island under Capt Joseph Clift in Col Jacobs Regiment was there in the great August storm. - She further declares that is now, and has ever been the widow of said Esau Dunbar, and that she was married to the said Esau Dunbar on the ninth day of Oct - eleven hundred and eighty five that her husband the aforesaid Esau Dunbar died on the fifteenth day of January - eighteen hundred and thirty six; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz; at the time above stated. -
Sarah Dunbar
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written. Before, Wilkes Wood Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Ny outh Yp. • I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Wilkes Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this thirty first day of August 1838
Jacob H. Lord

I Thomas Drew Clerk of the Town of Plymouth in the state of Massachusetts, hereby certify, that in the Book of Records of said Town, containing the "marriages and births," page two hundred & ninety one, under the head of "Marriages solemnized by Josiah Cotton Esqr. at Plymouth," there is the following entry, viz
"Seventeen hundred and eighty five, Oct. 9, ninth"
Jesse Dunbar of Scituate and Sally Wetherell of Plymouth."
And I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows:
1785. Oct. 9.
I Thomas Drew above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Plymouth in the state of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the the exception above named, as certified by me.
Thomas Drew, Clerk of the Town of Plymouth
Plymouth. August. 25th. 1838) -
Plymouth ss. August 24. 1838 Sworn to & subscribed on this day & year aforesaid Before me Jacob H Lord Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth
I William Morris Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Plymouth in said Commonwealth do hereby certify that Jacob H. Linsley appeared before whom the foregoing deposition was taken in a justice of the peace for the said County of Plymouth duly commissioned qualified and that his signature before written purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Superior Judicial Court on this twenty seventh day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
William Morris
Four to be sent to Mrs. Sarah D. Linsley

20638
Miss Dunbar Mass
Feb 12 Mass Mar 12 " 29
Yours truly
Jacob A. Land Plymouth Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jesse Dunbar  Plymouth County Massachusetts
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlist 1776 12 Exp Capt Col Koxbury 72 years documents   1777 8 8 Detached Corporal Lieut. Col Dorchester Massachusetts Living witness   1778 3 Detached Corporal Lieut. Col Heights   1780 4 Corporal Lieut. Col Natural   New London   New York   Connecticut   Philadelphia   White Marsh   Quinton   Rhode Island   Bridge Water   Hanover   Bridge Water   Howland Ferry    x on Roll of service 8 Mo
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. □ This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about  three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the years, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Jose Dunbar Declaration.

State of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss
On this twenty second day of August A.D. 1832 Personally appeared in open court, before the Hon. Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Plymouth, now sitting at Honor in said County of Plymouth, and State aforesaid, Jesse Dunbar of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Mass aged Seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th A.D. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers, and served as herein stated. —
About the first of January A.D. 1776, I entered Capt. — Lansford's Company in Col. Barnard's Regiment, and served as a piper until the 31 day of December making one full year — went first to Roxbury and camped in a house the belonging to a Dea. Davis near the old burying ground, until about the first of April, all the remarkable events within my recollection are the fortifying Dorchester heights, and the British Fleet leaving Boston. From thence we were ordered to New York, and proceeded directly to Norwich, thence to New London, and from thence by water to New York, this was before the arrival of the British fleet at New York. We were stationed about two miles north of the city, upon the bank of the river, — and on the fourth of July the declaration of Independence was read to the Army, and soon after the retreat of the American Army from Long Island I was taken sick, and was removed to the Hospital at Haverstraw village in New Jersey and there remained sick to the end of the year, was discharged and returned home to Scituate. —
Again about the last of April A.D. 1777, there was a call upon the militia, and I entered Capt. Solomon's Company, who was afterwards an officer in the Custom house at Boston, and were attached to Col. Hovey's Jackson's Regiment, and stationed at Dorchester Heights, upon the Mann Farm so called, until about the last of Sept r , and were then ordered to join the Army near Philadelphia, to which place we proceeded in the most direct way and late in the fall united with them at a place called White Marsh, — the small pox soon broke out in the Regiment and we were ordered to proceed to — Leicester Barracks, where myself with the rest, had the disorder, and about the first of December, having served the term of eight months for which I enlisted, was again discharged, and I returned home, was never in any very severe engagement, the Army was once drawn up in expectation, but no engagement took place.
The two campaigns above described were conducted, in the continental Army, a Massachusetts line

I July A.D. 1778 I enlisted in Capt Joseph Bliss's company and marched to Scituate in Rhode Island and served three months in Col John Jacobs regiment, passed through Bridgewater, Taunton, &c. and served part of the time on the Island at Bull Hill, and the remainder at Howland's Ferry, being part of the time attached to the boats.
Again In 1780 I enlisted in a Company commanded by Capt Moses Turner, and marched through Hanover, Bridgewater, Taunton, &c to Rhode Island, and arrived at Howland's Ferry about the last of the month, was as before attached to Col. John Jacobs regiment, camped at Middletown, in the Quaker Meetinghouse, and served four months. I recollect that Col Jacob soon took command of the Brigade and Lt Col Bliss had the command of the Regiment.
I have no documentary evidence to produce, and I know of none except what may appear on record at the war department respecting the two first described campaigns, but the following names when disposition are first annexed have testified to the service, viz. David Dunbar, Elisha Briggs, Calvin Littlefield, Noah Burdell.
I was born in Scituate August 28th 1760. A certificate of the Town Clerk is hereto annexed in proof. I have always lived in Scituate except when absent on business, I was a volunteer at all times, was never drafted, was never a substitute for any one, & never to my recollection received a written discharge.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Albert Jacob H. Lord Register
Ypsel Dunbar We Samuel Deane a Clergyman residing in the Town of Scituate and Ebenezer Pogg, residing in said Scituate hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jesse Dunbar who has subscribed and sworn, to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Albert Jacob H. Lord Register
Samuel Deane Ebenezer Pogg
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as such soldier, and the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Samuel Deane who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Scituate, and that Ebenezer Pogg who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Scituate.

and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. By the Court, Attest, Jacob H. Lord Register
I Jacob H. Lord Clerk of the Court of Probate for said County of Plymouth, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Symmes for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty second day of August A.D. 1832.
Jacob H. Lord Register

October 19, 1937.
Mrs. Beatrice M. Keller 305 Coleman Street Olean, New York.
RA-J/ILL Jesse Dunbar W. 15672
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Jesse Dunbar and Charles Matteson (Mattison), of Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, or Connecticut.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of any Charles Matteson, under any spelling of that surname. The record of Jesse Dunbar of Massachusetts is given herein as found in pension claim, W. 15672, based upon his service in that war.
Jesse Dunbar, son of David Dunbar and his wife, Margaret, was born August 28, 1760, in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Scituate, Massachusetts, he enlisted January 1, 1776, and served one year as fifer in Captain Danforth's company, Colonel Learned's Massachusetts regiment, during which he was stationed first on Dorchester Heights, afterwards marched to Connecticut, thence to New York city. He enlisted the last of April 1777, and served eight months as private in Captain Peter Dolliver's company, Colonel Henry Jackson's Regiment, during which he marched to Philadelphia, White Marsh and on to Lancaster. He enlisted in July 1778, and served three months in Captain Joseph Clift's company, Colonel John Jacob's Massachusetts regiment, in Rhode Island. He served in 1779 or 1780, four months as private in Captain Amos Turner's company, Colonel John Jacob's Massachusetts regiment, part of the time at Howland's Ferry.
Jesse Dunbar was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832, at which time he resided in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He had always resided there. He died there January 15, 1836.

Jesse Dunbar married October 9, 1785, Sally (Sarah) Wethrell, of Plymouth, Massachusetts; they were married at Plymouth. The names of her parents are not shown.
Sarah (Sally) Dunbar, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed August 27, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years. She resided in Scituate, Massachusetts. She died November 1, 1839.
No reference was made to children of Jesse Dunbar and his wife, Sarah (Sally).
In 1832, David Dunbar, of Penobscot, Hancock County, Maine, stated that he served at the same time Jesse Dunbar served in 1777, but did not state any relationship between them.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1937 Oct. 19. Hint. to Mrs. Beatrice M. Keller. I.H.
Map
Rev WIDOW, & Co.
File No. 15672
Sarah Dunbar
Widow of
Jesse Dunbar
Prim. Rev War
Act: July 7 th 1938
Index:—Vol. a , Page 205
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jepe Dunbar Map. Act of June 1832 to what time paid? Pen. Office.
Died 15 th Jan. 1836/p o to that period JH
See 14, 38

Elisha Briggs Deposition for Jesse Dunbar

I Elisha Briggs of Scituate in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts on oath do testify and say. That Jesse Dunbar of Scituate in said county of Plymouth. Served with me one campaign of four months as a private in the State Militia in the war of the American Revolution at Rhode Island. in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty in the company commanded by Amos Turner. In Col: John Jacobs Regiment. Elisha Briggs
Plymouth 10 July 1832 Then the above named Elisha Briggs made on the that the above declaration by him subscribed is true.
before me Samuel A Turner Just. Peace.
And I certify that I have been acquainted personally with the above named Elisha Briggs for many years. and that he is a credible person. Attest Samuel A Turner Just. of the Peace

Calvin Litchfield Deposition for Jesse Dunbar

I Caleb Litchfield of Methuenfield in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont on oath do testify and say that the James Dunbar of Litchfield in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts served with me one campaign of four months as a Private in the State Militia in the War of the American Revolution at Rhode Island, in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Nine, or eighty in the company commanded by Capt. Amos Turner, In Col. John Jacobs Regiment
Caleb Litchfield
Plymouth 18 July 18-1832 Then the above named Caleb Litchfield made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, before me
Samuel C. Turner Justice, Peace.
And I certify that I have been well acquainted with the character of the above named Caleb Litchfield for many years, and that he is a credible person. Attest Samuel C. Turner Just. of the Peace

David Dunbars Deposition.
I, David Dunbar, of Penobscot, in the County of Hancock, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath, do testify and declare, that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War in the Army of the United States during the entire year 1776, in Capt Joshua Jacobs Company, and Col John Baileys Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line - That I am well acquainted with Jesse Dunbar of Scituate in the Commonwealth aforesaid and that to my personal knowledge said Jesse Dunbar enlisted under Capt Danforth , in Col Larneds Regiment , of the Massachusetts Line , on or about the first of January 1776, served until Dec. 31 of the same year in the said Corps in the capacity of Fifer which term fully completed the period his said enlistment - And that I have no interest whatever in giving this testimony —
David Dunbar
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hancock ss. Town of Castine, August. 9 th 1819.
Then the above named David Dunbar personally appeared, and made solemn oath according to Law, before me the Subscriber, to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed — And I the the said Justice do hereby certify that the said David Dunbar, to me personally known, is a credible witness — Which I Attest. —
Moses L. Judkins.
Not: Pub: & Jus: Rec:

Noah Barrell Syretion for Jim Dunbar -

I Noah Barrell of Falmouth in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged Twenty three years do testify and say that Jeru Dumbar of Falmouth in the County and State aforesaid. Served one campaign of eight months in the Massachusetts Service of the continental Army in the war of the American Revolution in the year Seventeen hundred and Twenty Seven. at New York. I think in Capt. Peter Sullivan company and in Col. Putnam Dumbar's regiment. I was well acquainted with said Dumbar. and saw him often, having served myself the whole time in the same regiment, in Capt. Leavitt Dumbar's company. Noah Barrell
Plymouth 16 August 16-1832. Then the above named Noah Barrell made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true before me.
Samuel A. Turner Just. & Peac.
And I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Noah Barrell for many years, and that he is a credible person.
Abt Samuel A. Turner Just. & Peac.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Samuel A. Turner Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that I believe his name subscribed to the above & the annexed certificates are his true & genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this nineteenth day of December A.D. 1832
Jacob H. Lord

I David Dunbar of Penobscot in the County of Hancock and State of Maine, do testify and say, that Depe Dunbar of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts served eight months as a private captain Soliver's company, Colonel Ducker's Regiment at Dorchester in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six in the Revolutionary War, but in the autumn left Dorchester and joined the United States Army near Philadelphia at a place called Whitmarsh and was discharged at Lancaster about the last of December, having, also, served myself in the same Regiment in Capt. Darrow's company, eight months. David Dunbar.
State of Maine ) Hancock )
August 8 th 1852
Personally appeared the above named David Dunbar + made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me
Wm. Williams Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine.
Hancock ss. I Thomas Cobb Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Hancock, do hereby certify, that Hezekiah Williams, before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hancock, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his genuine, being well acquainted with his handwriting.
In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hancock, this eighth day of August Anno Domini eighteen hundred & thirty two.
Thos. Cobb

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know Ye, That Moses S. Perkins Esq re was in the ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and nineteen, a Justice of the Peace, and of the Quorum, for the County of Hancock, in Maine, then a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this twenty third day of August A. D. 1832, and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
Edward D. Bangs
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I James Southworth, Clerk of the Town of Scituate, in the County of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that it appears by the records of the Town of Scituate, that Jesse Dunbar Esq. of said town died on the fifteenth day of January. One thousand eight hundred and thirty six - aged seventy five years - Attest James Southworth Town Clerk of Scituate
I James Southworth above named hereby certify - that Mrs Sally Dunbar the widow of said Jesse Dunbar Esq. has remained unmarried since the death of said Jesse Dunbar to the present time - James Southworth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. August 27. 1838 Sworn to and subscribed Before me Sam l A. Turner Just ice Peace
And I certify that said James Southworth is a credible person Sam l A. Turner Just ice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth Y s . I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Samuel H. Turner Esq r is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the within signatures purporting to be signed by him are his true and genuine signatures as I believe.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this thirty first day of August 1838.
Jacob H. Lord
John Silver Esq r - Sarah Dunbar

305 Coleman St- Olean, N.Y., 10/8/37
Veterans Administration, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:—
I would like information concerning the following soldiers of the Revolution:—
Thanking you in advance. I am
Yours very truly, Beatrice M. Keller (Mrs. F. U.)